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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Peg, quoting Darwin, writes: If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, page 154. I wonder what darwin would think today I think he would be absolutely over the moon if he saw what his initial framework had grown into, and how his theory was utterly and thoroughly vindicated by the evidence from so many different lines of investigation as we have today. Your quote actually catches Darwin in one of his brilliant moments: long before the concept of falsifiability had been formally defined as one of the cornerstones of scientific theorizing, he effectively told us in no uncertain terms how it ought to be done. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.
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NosyNed Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: |
can the living cell survive without all its parts? So what if it can't?
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Peg Member (Idle past 4951 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Parasomnium writes: Your quote actually catches Darwin in one of his brilliant moments: long before the concept of falsifiability had been formally defined as one of the cornerstones of scientific theorizing, he effectively told us in no uncertain terms how it ought to be done. so he was a philosopher which probably explains why the ToE has gone thru so much change since he penned it.
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2128 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
which probably explains why the ToE has gone thru so much change since he penned it.
Why should change in a theory be a problem? It becomes increasingly accurate as it changes, and you should consider that a good thing. Unless you see the theory as dogma, unchanging from the beginning. Is that perhaps the problem? Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4951 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Coyote writes: Why should change in a theory be a problem? It becomes increasingly accurate as it changes, and you should consider that a good thing. i agree that accuracy is a good thing but the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on???
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2128 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
but the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on???
Who cares? Science is not a personality cult. Tens of thousands of scientists have contributed over the decades, each building on the work of those who went before. But Darwin got the major idea, and that has stood up well. I don't know why creationists keep after Darwin, as if personal attacks would change the theory or lessen the evidence. On another website a crazed anti-evolution zealot keeps claiming that Darwin inspired Marx and Hitler, led directly to eugenics, and other nonsense, as if any of that would somehow make the theory of evolution go away. I guess if you have no evidence against the theory you attack the originator, eh? Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
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Huntard Member (Idle past 2317 days) Posts: 2870 From: Limburg, The Netherlands Joined: |
Peg writes:
No. So what? can the living cell survive without all its parts? I hunt for the truth I am the one Orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping handMy image is of agony, my servants rape the land Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law My name is called religion, sadistic, sacred whore. -Lyrics by Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead
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cavediver Member (Idle past 3665 days) Posts: 4129 From: UK Joined: |
the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on??? Who expects you to believe that Darwin was spot on? What a stupid thing to expect. Please state who did this so that we can laugh at them.
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4211 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
(Attempts to edit by asgara)...... the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on??? (does this work?)
AbE: Well, editing seems to be working. This is what I was trying to post:but the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on??? This is normal for theories,> As further work itro a theory is done, changes often are made do to increased knowledge on the subject or newer discoveries alter the original concept. For example, Antoine Lavoisier proposed that oxidation was combining a substance with oxygen as in burning. This was later altered to include any reaction in which the same type of reaction, oxidation reduction, occurs ie the reaction between sodium & chlorine. After the discovery of sub atomic particles the theory was further and is now that oxidation is the loss of electrons & reduction is the gaining of electrons. The theory has been modified but not overturned, it is still the same theory. The same can be said for the periodic law, gravity & evolution. The theories have been modified but still are the same theories. Science does not deal in absolutes which is why theories are what science deals with. Scientists are constantly trying to refine theories. Edited by bluescat48, : didnot post correctly Edited by bluescat48, : still did not post Edited by bluescat48, : No reason given. Edited by bluescat48, : try again Edited by AdminAsgara, : attempting to edit post Edited by Admin, : Edit test. Edited by bluescat48, : added what the post was supposed to read Edited by bluescat48, : qs error There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002 Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969 Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008
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Wounded King Member Posts: 4149 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Joined: |
I'm not sure what question you are really asking here. If you are asking ...
"If we remove any specific part of a modern living cell will it cease to survive?" Then the answer is no. There are some parts whose removal will compromise the cells viability, but there are others whose removal will still allow the cell to function. Depending on the specific flavour of irreducible complexity you prefer this either does or doesn't make a living cell irreducibly complex. If on the other hand you are asking ... "If we remove all the parts of a living cell will it still survive?" Then clearly the question is nonsensical because having removed all of its parts there will be no cell left to survive. TTFN, WK
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1427 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Hi Peg,
i agree that accuracy is a good thing So therefore, any change to a theory that improves its accuracy is a good thing.
but the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on??? The theory that Darwin coined was that Descent with Modification through the process of Natural Selection resulted in the development of new species.
Darwin on LineOrigin of Species editions Darwin, C. R. 1859. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London: John Murray. [1st edition] (you can read the entire text and compare it to later editions to see what the changes are) Curiously, evolution still holds that descent with modification by means of natural selection does occur, not just in life in general, but in speciation events where new species arise. It's just that a more accurate description now includes several things not known in Darwins time. This is similar to the change in the theory of gravity from Newton to Einstein, the new theory encompasses the old theory (and defaults to it in certain circumstances) but it is more accurate as a description of (currently) observed behavior. Enjoy. we are limited in our ability to understand
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Peg writes: so [Darwin] was a philosopher which probably explains why the ToE has gone thru so much change since he penned it. Coyote writes: Why should change in a theory be a problem? It becomes increasingly accurate as it changes, and you should consider that a good thing. Peg again writes: i agree that accuracy is a good thing but the toe that darwin coined is not the same theory we have today, yet we are expected to believe that he was spot on??? Peg, one hundred and fifty years have gone by since he published On the Origin of Species, and scientists haven't exactly been sitting on their hands in the mean time. During the twentieth century alone we have seen such discoveries as hormones, the chemical bond, antibiotics, the structure of DNA, and the structure of proteins, to name a few. You can't seriously expect a theory that was formed before all of those breakthroughs to remain unchanged after them. It has nothing to do with Darwin being philosophical, and everything with science making progress. With regard to Darwin's theory supposedly being "spot on": I never suggested that. I merely noted that he was ahead of his time when he pointed out how his theory could be falsified. O, and one other thing: you don't "coin" a theory. You coin a word, or a phrase. Herbert Spencer coined the term "survival of the fittest", for example. But Darwin worked on his theory for a good quarter of a century before he published, and he then went on to refine it. To say that he "coined his theory" hardly does justice to the effort he put into it. Edited by Parasomnium, : No reason given. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4951 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
Coyote writes: I guess if you have no evidence against the theory you attack the originator, eh? well the theory wasnt really Darwins to start with...it was greek philosophers who first suggested that life evolved. Aristotle pictured man at the top of a line evolving from lower life forms and Empedocles believed in the spontaneous generation of life. So the idea's been around for a very long time. Darwin was the first to put the theory into the context of science and ever since scientists have used the theory to explain life as we know it. But you have to admit that modern science has shown Darwins theory to have flaws and this has led to much of it being revamped or discarded I used the quote from Darwin because moleculuar biology proves that Darwins fear is a reality
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. Modern biochemistry has revealed just how complex living things really are. Cells can only function if all the parts are complete and working properly. Or IOW, the first complex cell must have appeared instantaneously as a complete functioning unit. the Cell puts darwins theory to bed so to speak. life did not arise by chance and evolve in the way he and other philosophers described it.
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Peg Member (Idle past 4951 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
bluescat48 writes: This is normal for theories,> As further work itro a theory is done, changes often are made do to increased knowledge on the subject or newer discoveries alter the original concept. it would be good if that happened in reality, but with regard to the TOE, it has not happened even though its been adequately shown that the living cell cannot evolve.
bluescat48 writes: Science does not deal in absolutes which is why theories are what science deals with. Scientists are constantly trying to refine theories. even if it can be proved that living cells cannot evolve?
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Peg Member (Idle past 4951 days) Posts: 2703 From: melbourne, australia Joined: |
WoundedKing writes: I'm not sure what question you are really asking here. If you are asking ..."If we remove any specific part of a modern living cell will it cease to survive?" What i'm asking is, will it continue to function as a cell should if any of its parts are removed?
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